Comments on: Name That Candy: German Seashell Cola Candy

By: JOE BARTLES

JOE BARTLES — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 20:34:41 +0000

I TO WAS AN ARMY BRAT IN THE FIFTIES AND EARLY SIXTIES. WE LIVED IN HANAU BOTH TIMES. I REMEMBER THE SEASHELL CANDY AND CAN REMEMBER THAT THEY WERE REAL SEASHELLS. AS I RECALL THE DID HAVE HONEY FLAVORED ANND CINNAMON AND A FEW OTHER ONES, TOOK FOREVER TO EAT ONE. THEY ALSO HAD A SUCKER THAT WAS CONE SHAPED AND CAME ON A PLASTIC STICK THAT HAD DIFFERENT AIRPLANE SHAPES ON THEM. WE GOT THEM AT THE LITTLE STORES WE CALLED “TOTO” STORES BECAUSE THEY USUALLY HAD A SIGN THAT SAID TOTO LOTO, I NOW KNOW THAT STANDS FOR THE LOTTERY. I DID 22YRS MYSELF WITH 4 TOURS TO GERMANY AND WAS ALWAYS TEMPTED TO CHECK THE STORES, BUT I NEVER DID.

By: cressy king

cressy king — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:54:55 +0000

We were in Stuttgart Germany in 76-77. They are honey shells!!! I am so excited to see these posts – brings back lots of memories. We lived in Robinson Barracks! I loved it there!

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:59:52 +0000

Wow. I was thinking about the shell candy and decided to google. I’m an Army brat born in Nuremberg , lived in Frankfurt, Augsburg and Munich 63-71 We had a candy man that had a kiosk. I loved the big sour sticks, the gummies (goomies), peppermint cigarettes, pointy cone lollipops, eatable necklace, and the banana flavored ice cream bars. I remember the slingshot paratrooper toy soldier, helicopter blade that launched when you pulled the string, and net bags of beautiful marbles. I remember watching John Wayne movies in German. Everything in tv was in German. First heard English on tv on the news.

I miss the honey shell candy big time. I may have played with someone on here on the playgrounds.

By: Karen

Karen — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:48:04 +0000

This is great! I lived in Schwaebisch-Gmeund from 1967 – 1969 and have thought many times about those honey shells I used to buy and love! Does anyone make them – did not have time to read through all the posts! ♥

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:54:57 +0000

I was an Army brat in a little military town called Pattonville outside Ludwigsburg, Germany from ’62-’66. I don’t remember as much about the candy like my sisters do but I do remember trading comics, playing marbles, leaving our shoes outside for St Nicholas to fill on CHristmas. My fondest memory is playing with Castles. My older brothers had the nice ones but I sure liked mine with all the miniature Romans and Knights etc.

Wow! that was a long time ago

By: Barbara Heun-Ploch

Barbara Heun-Ploch — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 18:34:31 +0000

Loved those seashells. AF Brat at Toul Rosieres France. The candy can be bought in the plastic shells. I imagine the novelty of the real shell made them taste much better to us kids. The memory of France got me looking for these candies and I was happy to find BRATS… Air Force and Army we are all connected. AF from Toul Rosieres France can find TRAB on Facebook. TRAB is now a solar farm. There was a ceremony last year on base with the French and Americans for the final shutdown of the base.
Thanks for the memories.

Barbara Heun-Ploch
patio@maverickbbs.com

By: Angie Roach

Angie Roach — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 02:35:47 +0000

I also remember them and was hoping some one could tell me how to make them so I could make some for my Kid this Christmas.

By: BETH BUTLER

BETH BUTLER — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:22:59 +0000

OMG THIS IS SUCH A TRIP I AM SITTING HERE WITH MY BOYFREIND AND WE ARE EATING GERMAN CANDY AND THE SCHIECKMUSCHEIN CAME UP I CALLED IT TEH HONEY SEASHELL CANDY SO WE GOOGLED AND FOUND THIS SITE AND I AM NOTICING ALOT OF US ARMY BRATS LOOKING FOR THE SAME CANDY LOL AND WAS THINKING WONDER HOW MANY WE MIGHT KNOW WELL HERE GOES I HAVE NOT FOUND WHERE TO GET IT SENT TO ME BUT I WILL BEFORE IT IS OVER AND HERE IS TEH OTHER THING IF YOU LIVED IN MUNICH GERMANY FROM 71-74 PLEASE SEND ME AN EMAIL MY STEPFATHERS LAST NAME WAS PURSLEY AND MINE WAS BUTLER. WENT BACK TO GERMANY IN 99 AND STILL COULD NOT FIND THEM I WAS IN BREMAN THEN I WOULD SO LIKE TO HAVE THEM AGIAN. SMALL WORLD :)

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 03:13:17 +0000

To Rochelle in post #61.. I lived in Aukamn housing in Wiesbaden in 1965…used to get sour sticks (like a sweet tart) and gummy bears and gummy cokes in a little candy store in Bierstadt which I think was named Lulies (loo lies)….does that ring a bell?

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 09:10:38 +0000

I remembered what they’re called in French! Coquillage roudoudou or just roudoudou for short. Here’s an entry from French Wiki on them.

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roudoudou_(bonbon)

Two interesting points in the article. It says they were most popular from 1960-70. They no longer use real seashells, rather plastic.

And they mainly came from Cotignac, Orléans, close to where my family was stationed..

Still widely available online, for example

http://www.mamie-dine.com/roudoudou-p-121.html?osCsid=a3ebb58ba3db5a6127aa9cf9438e706e